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View all search resultsPrabowo seeks to close US tariff deal by year-end: Airlangga
Jakarta will send a delegation to Washington to discuss the matter after senior officials agreed to finalize what the two leaders agreed upon on July 22.
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Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto (left) shakes hands with United States Trade Representative (USTR) head Jamieson Greer following a meeting on reciprocal tariff policy in Washington on July 10, 2025.
(Courtesy of/Office of Coordinating Economy Minister)
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resident Prabowo Subianto wants Indonesia’s trade deal with the United States concluded by the end of the year, a senior minister has said, amid growing pressures on both sides to resolve sticking points while keeping mutual interests at the forefront.
Jakarta will send a delegation to Washington, DC next week to discuss the matter after senior officials “agreed to finalize what the two leaders agreed upon on July 22,” said Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto during opening remarks at the Indonesian Listed Companies Association’s (AEI) anniversary event on Friday.
“We will send a team to Washington next week, and I will [go] as well. Our office and the technical teams have been coordinating closely,” added Airlangga, who also leads Indonesia’s negotiation team.
He made the comment after speaking with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday night and later briefed Prabowo on the outcome on Friday morning.
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In July, the two countries said Indonesia had agreed to eliminate import tariffs on 99 percent of US goods and eliminate non-tariff barriers on American firms under “a joint statement” on a “framework” for a trade agreement, alongside plans to buy some US$19 billion worth of US products.
Indonesia, through manufacturing firm Indorama, is also slated to invest $2 billion in a blue ammonia project in the US state of Louisiana, as part of the deal.
